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I just hit my 60th Night on therapy and would like to say thank you to the forum-I was very frustrated when I found the forum; googling for some help.

Here are my lessons learned from my first two posts:
My first post was: 01-25-2016, Reason Frustration
On a scale of 0-10 for finding help/answers
Hospital-0
Allergy & Asthma Centers-0
Sleep Study/Sleep Center 1
DMEprovider-1
Respiratory Thereapist-2
Primary Car Doctor-3
Encocronologist-3
ENT-5
People I know on CPAP therapy-7
Apnea Board-10
Other CPAP forums-8Best advice-OpalRose --First, order the Provider (Clinicians Manual) for your machine. See link top of page (CPAP Setup Manuals.)
Then download the free Sleepyhead Software, see top of page also.
Once you download your data from your SD card to Sleepyhead, we will be able to help and advise you.

Second post was 02-13-2016, 08:18 PM Reason- Dehydrated
Lesson learned
Eliminating leaks to reduce total Air Flow
Run humidifier at highest tolerable level
The body adjust in time like any new exercise or injury 4-6 weeks
Tonged and Month position is importantBest advice-DariaVader Tongue Suck Technique for prevention of mouth breathing: •Place your tongue behind your front teeth on the roof of your mouth
•let your tongue fill the space between the upper molars

First 60 days
Felt like CRAP for the first 6 weeks
Last two weeks noticeable improvement-
Can't say I feel better than when I started but at lease I know longer feel worse on the days I use the Machine

2004-Bon Jovi
it'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy

Observations and recommendations communicated here are the perceptions of the writer and should not be misconstrued as medical advice.

Orangebear,
Thanks for the feedback and to let us know how you are doing.

Just realize that some feel improvement right from the start, and others may take several months to tweak everything and to feel good. Also, you will have good days and a few bad days along the way. Just don't give up, it's a journey.

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took me about the same amount of time. hope you continue to see improvements.

I see you've been doing it a few months longer, do you find it makes you feel better now?

Do you do the therapy every night?

i think in general i'm feeling better, improvements might be slow and steady at this point and because of that maybe less noticeable? i sleep much more now but still fragmented(2-4 hour segments, 2-6 times a day). a big plus is i'm no longer terrified to fall asleep and actually look forward to putting my mask on and sleeping as much as i possibly can.
i use my machine every time i sleep the entire time. the 1 time i was stranded away from home for a night (car broke down) i chose not to sleep at all. the fear of not breathing, like before i started treatment was just to strong.

took me about the same amount of time. hope you continue to see improvements.

I see you've been doing it a few months longer, do you find it makes you feel better now?

Do you do the therapy every night?

i think in general i'm feeling better, improvements might be slow and steady at this point and because of that maybe less noticeable? i sleep much more now but still fragmented(2-4 hour segments, 2-6 times a day). a big plus is i'm no longer terrified to fall asleep and actually look forward to putting my mask on and sleeping as much as i possibly can.
i use my machine every time i sleep the entire time. the 1 time i was stranded away from home for a night (car broke down) i chose not to sleep at all. the fear of not breathing, like before i started treatment was just to strong.

I know it is none of my business but why were you terrified to fall asleep?

2004-Bon Jovi
it'll take more than a doctor to prescribe a remedy

Observations and recommendations communicated here are the perceptions of the writer and should not be misconstrued as medical advice.

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INFORMATION ON APNEA BOARD FORUMS OR ON APNEABOARD.COM SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS MEDICAL ADVICE. ALWAYS SEEK THE ADVICE OF A PHYSICIAN BEFORE SEEKING TREATMENT FOR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, INCLUDING SLEEP APNEA. INFORMATION POSTED ON THE APNEA BOARD WEB SITE AND FORUMS ARE PERSONAL OPINION ONLY AND NOT NECESSARILY A STATEMENT OF FACT.